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RNA is ribonucleic acid. It is a polymer of nucleotides, each made up of:
a pentose sugar called ribose
one of four bases adenine, guanine, cytosine and uracil
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Key terms in this lesson
- polymer
- A large molecule made of many repeating monomer units joined together by covalent bonds.
- nucleotide
- A molecule made of a pentose sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing base.
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